Girls' name · since 1974
Kalimba
13 babies named Kalimba in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #51,007 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
13 girls have been named Kalimba since 1974, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kalimba has 13 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 1978.
- #51,007 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 13 born since 1974
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalimba ranks #51,007 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 1974, peaking in the 1970s.
- #51,007 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1974
- 1970s
- peak decade
Kalimba's 13 recorded births place it above 28.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kalimba's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kalimba's SSA record in two at 1978 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1974 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kalimba popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–1978
- Peak year (1974)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Kalimba by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (13 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Kalimba's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Kalimba births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 13 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kalimba: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~4 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–1978 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kalimba draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.